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July 2019

July 28, 2019

Connecting To The Land Where You Are

Text from the Sunday service at Denton UU, and a condensed version of my presentation...

June 2019

June 11, 2019

Celebrating Summer Solstice in an Era of Climate Change

If we did not feel for those who will be most affected by climate change...

March 2019

March 10, 2019

8 Things to do for Ostara as a Solitary Pagan

Many traditional activities for Ostara are designed for large groups, but many Pagans are solitary...

February 2019

February 10, 2019

A Farewell to Dark Mornings

We’re seven weeks past the Winter Solstice. I’ve picked up almost an hour of light...

January 2019

January 10, 2019

The Ocean Will Always Be A Foreign Place To Me

I smile whenever I see the ocean again. I’m fascinated with sea legends and lore....

October 2018

October 18, 2018

The Wheel of the Year in the Era of Climate Change

The Wheel of the Year is central to modern Paganism because it's an accessible connection...

June 2018

June 10, 2018

8 Things to do for Summer Solstice as a Solitary Pagan

Many traditional activities for the Summer Solstice are designed for large groups, but many Pagans...

May 2018

May 13, 2018

Animism, Personhood, and Killing to Eat

Do you mindlessly eat what you’ve always been told to eat and mindlessly ridicule those...

September 2017

September 10, 2017

Are Hurricanes and Wildfires Persons? Respect the Power of Nature

Humans have been attempting to gain mastery over Nature since the discovery of fire. We...

August 2017

August 23, 2017

The Aftermath of the Eclipse – Small But Strange

I really wasn’t prepared for this eclipse. But it wasn’t a total loss, and things...

April 2017

April 20, 2017

Owning Land in an Animist World

We can own land, at least in a limited sense of the term. But owning...

April 06, 2017

We Don’t Have to Own the Land to Honor the Land

Humans have always been migrants. We may settle down for a few generations, but then...

March 2017

March 07, 2017

The Re-emergence of the Fair Folk in the Ordinary World

The Fair Folk never really went away. Perhaps they came into this world less often,...

February 2017

February 23, 2017

The Wisdom of the Forest God – A Pilgrimage into the Woods

The woods have always been a magical place for me, and my recent pilgrimage to...

December 2016

December 18, 2016

Mercury Retrograde: Magic Tips the Scales

Mercury goes retrograde tomorrow morning will remain retrograde until January 8. It doesn’t mean gremlins...

November 2016

November 22, 2016

Bears In My House

I dreamed there were bears in my house. They weren’t hurting anything, but I still...

September 2016

September 20, 2016

Lessons From a Broken Flower

Something that could have been beautiful tried to rise too far too fast without the...

September 18, 2016

I Do Believe In Mercury Retrograde! I Do, I Do, I Do!

There’s nothing like first-hand experience to change your beliefs – all of a sudden I’m...

September 13, 2016

The Return of the Dark

As we approach the Autumn Equinox and as we get ready to celebrate Mabon or...

August 2016

August 14, 2016

The Magic of Wild Places

My Paganism, my Druidry, and even my polytheism have roots in the wild. There is...

August 02, 2016

Intuitive Animism

Animism provides a framework for an inspirited and enchanted world, a world where everything you...

June 2016

June 05, 2016

The Lack of Respect for Wild Animals

Not only do we not fear animals that could harm us, we don’t respect them....

June 25, 2015

The Pope Gets It – A Pagan Look at Laudato Si’

As a human whose destiny is tied to the Earth, I applaud Laudato Si’ and...

April 2015

April 09, 2015

Building the World to Come

Consumer culture is inherently unsustainable and it is going to collapse. But if we’re that...

April 07, 2015

The Collapse of the West and the Future of the Human Species

Rome ruled the West for 400 years, but its empire collapsed. In this hemisphere, the...

December 2014

December 01, 2014

Does Magic Undermine the Sovereignty of Nature?

Does the practice of magic undermine the sovereignty of Nature? John Halstead thinks it does....

August 2014

August 21, 2014

In Praise of the Wheel of the Year

Even if you don’t think a series of holidays from Iron Age Britain has anything...

August 12, 2014

Rewilding: Privilege and Reality

We are the product of 10,000 years of civilization, 10,000 years of keeping the wild...

August 10, 2014

Rewilding Our World

George Monbiot suggests “for more wonder, rewild the world.” But we’ve been taught the wild...

July 2014

July 22, 2014

We’re Still Here and the Earth is Still Sacred

Has Pagan environmentalism failed? Strictly speaking, yes. But there have been some successes, and we’re...